buried in the snow a few miles from her car. strong winds blowing in heavy snow also creating dangerous conditions throughout the midwest. in kansas city, missouri, traffic accidents are predicted to only be the beginning of the problems for the storm that is expected to reek havoc. the city says it is ready as long as folks stay off the road and they can get the snowplows out there. of course, martha, tomorrow marks the first day of winter. martha: boy, so what is all this expected to do in terms of people trying to go somewhere for the holidays? >> reporter: well, as you can imagine it's already starting to create a lot of headaches for travelers who are heading out onto the roads and into the already busy season. folks in iowa and nebraska who are hitting the roads are being told to either not drive at all or to go very slowly. and in iowa a lot of the airlines now have canceled many of the early-morning flights out of there -- i'm sorry, excuse me, omaha, nebraska. airlines also canceled evening flights coming into denver as